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The Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in European Context, C.1500-1795

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  1. Richard Butterwick

    1. Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Richard Butterwick
    Pages 1-23

  3. The Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in International Context

    • R. J. W. Evans
    Pages 25-38

  4. The Development of Monarchies in Western Europe, c. 1500–1800

    • Ian Green
    Pages 39-57

  5. The Formation of the Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in the Sixteenth Century

    • Almut Bues
    Pages 58-81

  6. The Grand Duchy and the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in the Sixteenth Century: Reflections on the Lithuanian Political Nation and the Union of Lublin

    • Jūratė Kiaupienė
    Pages 82-92

  7. Nobles, Burghers and the Monarchy in Poland-Lithuania: the Case of Royal Prussia, 1454–1772/93

    • Karin Friedrich
    Pages 93-115

  8. Polish Views on European Monarchies

    • Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz
    Pages 116-131

  9. The Szlachta and the Monarchy: Reflections on the Struggle inter maiestatem ac libertatem

    • Jerzy Lukowski
    Pages 132-149

  10. Obsequious Disrespect: the Problem of Royal Power in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under the Vasas, 1587–1668

    • Robert I. Frost
    Pages 150-171

  11. The Functioning of the Monarchy during the Reigns of the Electors of Saxony, 1697–1763

    • Mariusz Markiewicz
    Pages 172-192

  12. The Enlightened Monarchy of Stanisław August Poniatowski (1764–1795)

    • Richard Butterwick
    Pages 193-218

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 219-249
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About this book

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is often considered an 'aberration' where monarchy was reduced by the nobility to impotence, and which was consequently partitioned. However, historians' reappraisal of monarchy in early modern Europe calls for a reconsideration of the extent of Polish-Lithuanian 'divergence'. The essays of this collection assess the institution and idea of monarchy in one of Europe's largest and most neglected states. It will appeal to all those interested in early modern history.

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'...accessible to the general reader...a rich and readable volume of scholarship...' - Robert E. Jones, International History Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Richard Butterwick

About the editor

ALMUT BUES Deputy Director, German Historical Institute, Warsaw, ROBERT J.W. EVANS Regius Professor, Modern History, University of Oxford and Fellow of Oriel College, JURATÉ KIAUPIENÉ Senior Research Officer, Institute of Lithuanian History in Vilnius and Senior Lecturer (Dozent), Lithuanian and European History, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, JERZY LUKOWSKI Senior Lecturer, Modern History, University of Birmingham, MARIUSZ MARKIEWICZ Associate Professor, Modern European History, Jagiellonian University, Cracow

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in European Context, C.1500-1795

  • Editors: Richard Butterwick

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333993804

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-77382-6Published: 26 June 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-41618-9Published: 01 January 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-333-99380-4Published: 26 June 2001

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 249

  • Topics: European History, Modern History, History of Early Modern Europe

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